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he was tormented by nightmares about the accident
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Recent Examples of tormented
Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
Josh Allen is familiar with Aaron Glenn, having tormented his defense last year.
—Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
He’s tormented and has his own personal issues.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Naturally, the orphans start being tormented by a demon, who was summoned after the girl’s parents prayed to whatever entity would bring their daughter back.
—Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Melvin is tormented by a quartet of bullies and ends up falling out of a second-story window into a drum of toxic waste.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
Then Ingvartsen tormented the Quakes in another way, launching a long ball to a star striker Anders Dreyer.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025
The video comes just days after Kohberger reportedly complained to prison guards about being tormented by other prisoners, according to the Daily Mail.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Jones falsely claimed the families staged their children's deaths in order to drum up support for gun control laws, and his followers stalked and tormented the families for years.
—Tovia Smith, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Tom’s appointees on the task force include Lizzie (Alison Oliver), a state police officer who’s regularly tormented by her fellow cops, and Aleah (Thuso Mbedu), who wins over a suspect in interrogation by sharing awful details of her past.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
Josh Allen is familiar with Aaron Glenn, having tormented his defense last year.
—Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
He’s tormented and has his own personal issues.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Naturally, the orphans start being tormented by a demon, who was summoned after the girl’s parents prayed to whatever entity would bring their daughter back.
—Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Melvin is tormented by a quartet of bullies and ends up falling out of a second-story window into a drum of toxic waste.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
Then Ingvartsen tormented the Quakes in another way, launching a long ball to a star striker Anders Dreyer.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025
The video comes just days after Kohberger reportedly complained to prison guards about being tormented by other prisoners, according to the Daily Mail.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Jones falsely claimed the families staged their children's deaths in order to drum up support for gun control laws, and his followers stalked and tormented the families for years.
—Tovia Smith, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tormented
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When governance meets Goliath For more than a decade, Biglari Holdings and Biglari himself have been plagued by accusations of mismanagement due to ballooning executive pay, stock volatility, and a licensing deal that potentially advantages Biglari personally.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
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While economic uncertainty has plagued boardrooms this year, some businesses are not putting plans on hold.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Panday plays a convincingly gruff tortured artist alongside Padda’s struggling ingenue, and most of the screen time is devoted to their pairing instead of introducing tertiary excess.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
13 Sep. 2025
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But there’s also something quite tortured about Douglas Kelly.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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More and more, people who have loyally served Putin’s system are being persecuted, mainly on the grounds of corruption.—
ANDREI KOLESNIKOV,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Sep. 2025
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Molero and her husband arrived in the United States in 2003, fleeing after they were persecuted for working alongside opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Xu said, noting that frustrated clients began moving funds to Japan, Hong Kong and Dubai instead.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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Service is also a realistic story about a frustrated middle-aged former journalist and aspiring novelist idling in an ultra-low-paying job.—
Susan Coll
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Just look at poverty, violence and health and housing inequities that have long afflicted Fairhill and West Kensington, two adjacent and heavily Puerto Rican neighborhoods in North Philadelphia.—
Héctor M. Varela Rios,
The Conversation,
8 Sep. 2025
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Griffin, who does clinical work in Long Island, New York, said his sister-in-law is in her 40s and quite wary of long COVID, the enduring, debilitating health issues that have afflicted millions of Americans who contracted the coronavirus.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Some writers who criticized Taylor Swift reported that they and their family members had been threatened, harassed, and doxed.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Through the first-person narration of his protagonist, Nicholas, a teenager suddenly besieged by anxiety, Clune conveys with uncanny vividness what a panic attack feels like.—
Scott Stossel,
The Atlantic,
9 Sep. 2025
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Landslide in western Sudan kills at least 1,000 A landslide in western Sudan killed at least 1,000 people, intensifying hardship in a country besieged by years of civil war.—
Tasneem Nashrulla,
semafor.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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During a sequence in which Donal starts jamming with a band at the local pub, Cox doesn’t know where to place the camera, quick cutting between fingers playing instruments in a harried fashion.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
11 Sep. 2025
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The relatively slow summer months can provide harried bankers, economists and other executives and professionals at least a little more time for reflection and comprehensive analysis.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Tormented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tormented. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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